IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): RAMONA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959CA065002
  • User Pedon ID: S1959CA065002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2855
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37434
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 33.9288902
  • Std. Longitude: -117.1772232
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: approximately 1370 feet north, 1220 feet west of southeast corner
  • Location Description: About 3 miles northeast of the town of Sunnymead.
  • State: California
  • County: CA065—Riverside
  • MLRA: 19—Southern California Coastal Plains and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA679—Western Riverside Area, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Arnold Knecht and George Borst.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - RAMONA
  • PSC - 43 to 93 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/26/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ramona
  • Classificaton Date - 9/11/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/11/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    3

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    573

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    135

    279

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    16.7

    21.1

    10

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; coarse sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22533
    A12—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; coarse sandy loam; massive; very hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22534. This horizon may be a tillage pan.
    A13—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; coarse sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22535
    B1t—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; coarse sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22536. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 186841; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 186841
    B21t—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; coarse sandy loam, sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22537
    B22t—79 to 114 centimeters (31.1 to 44.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; coarse sandy loam, sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22538
    B31t—114 to 130 centimeters (44.9 to 51.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; coarse sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22539
    B32t—130 to 147 centimeters (51.2 to 57.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; coarse sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22540
    C1—147 to 170 centimeters (57.9 to 66.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22541
    C2—170 to 221 centimeters (66.9 to 87.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22542
    C3—221 to 244 centimeters (87.0 to 96.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A22543